Syria, Trump and Saudi Arabia
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The US president gets a "lavender-carpet" reception on a whirlwind visit of Gulf countries mainly focused on shoring up investment.
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CNN on MSNTrump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle EastUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with longtime foe Israel, after a surprise U.S. announcement that it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. The meeting, on the sidelines of Trump's get-together with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council,
President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia marks a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
Syrians have endured "brutal and crippling" sanctions over the past 14 years, and it's time to end them, President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced during remarks at a business forum in Saudi Arabia that he was ordering an end to sanctions on Syria.
In total, the White House said, Trump signed agreements with the Saudis on artificial intelligence, energy infrastructure, healthcare investment and aerospace manufacturing that a